This article is about the magical horse from Medieval and Renaissance poetry. For other uses, see Bayard (disambiguation). For more information on the racehorse, see Bayardo (horse) Bayard ("Bayard" is the French form; in Italian he is known as Baiardo and in Dutch as Beiaard) is a magic bay horse in the legends derived from the chansons de geste, renowned for his spirit, and possessed the supernatural ability to adjust his size to his riders.

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  • This article is about the magical horse from Medieval and Renaissance poetry. For other uses, see Bayard (disambiguation). For more information on the racehorse, see Bayardo (horse) Bayard ("Bayard" is the French form; in Italian he is known as Baiardo and in Dutch as Beiaard) is a magic bay horse in the legends derived from the chansons de geste, renowned for his spirit, and possessed the supernatural ability to adjust his size to his riders. Bayard is a redhead with a heart of gold and the mind of a fox. Bayard first appears as the property of Renaud de Montauban in the Old French twelfth century chanson de geste Quatre Fils Aymon. The horse was capable of carrying Rinaldo and his three brothers ("the four sons of Aymon") all at the same time and of understanding human speech. Near the end of the work, Renaud is forced to cede Bayard to Charlemagne who, as punishment for the horse's exploits, has a large stone tied to Bayard's neck and the horse pushed into the river; Bayard however smashes the stone with his hooves and escapes to live forever more in the woods. In subsequent chansons de geste, Bayard was said to have been initially won by Renaud's cousin, the magician Maugris, before being given to Renaud. In Bulfinch's Mythology, Rinaldo's acquisition of Bayard is described as follows: a disguised Maugris (who had previously acquired Bayard) tells Rinaldo that a wild horse under an enchantment roams the woods, and that this horse belonged initially to Amadis of Gaul and can only be won by a knight of Amadis' lineage. Rinaldo eventually subdues the horse by throwing it on the ground, breaking the enchantment. Bayard also appears in the epic poems on chivalrous subjects by Luigi Pulci, Matteo Maria Boiardo and Ludovico Ariosto. Outside the city of Dinant in Belgium stands the "Bayard rock", a large cleft rock formation that was said to have been split by Bayard's mighty hooves. In the next Belgian town of Namur stands a locally famous statue of the Horse Bayard and the Four Aymon Brothers along the River Meuse. There are plenty of named places in Wallonia linked to the legend of Four Aymon Brothers and Bayard. Note that a magical horse Blind Byard is part of Lincolnshire folklore at Byard's Leap Bayard by the late 13th century also acquired common usage as a name for any bay colored horse (reddish-brown coat with black mane and tail). Bayard lost some of his luster as a magic heroic horse and became associated in English literature with a clownish, blind and foolish horse. Chaucer first used Bayard as the name of Troilus' horse in the epic poem "Troilus and Criseyde. " That horse, talking while he pranced, admitted that he was bound to be but a horse. Chaucer also used Bayard in the Canterbury Tales (c. 1286) to denote a randy stud in the Reeve's Tale and a blind, foolish horse in the Cannon's Yeoman's Tale: "Though ye prolle ay, ye shul it nevere fynde. Ye been as boold as is Bayard the blynde. That blondreth forth and peril casteth noon. " ("Though you search afar, you shall never find it; Be you as bold as Bayard the blind, that blunders forth and perceives no peril.)
  • Bayard est un cheval imaginaire de robe baie, auquel des légendes rattachées aux chansons de geste (particulièrement celle des quatre fils Aymon) attribuent des qualités magiques. Renommé pour son intelligence, il avait le pouvoir surnaturel d’adapter sa taille à ses cavaliers. « Bayard » est la forme française; en italien on le connaît sous le nom de « Baiardo », en wallon, « li tchvå Bayåd », en flamand, « Ros Beiaard ».
  • Baiardo, è nella letteratura medievale, il cavallo baio di Rinaldo.
  • バヤール（Bayard）は「フランスの素材」を扱った武勲詩、叙事詩などに登場する魔法の馬。その不思議な力として有名なものに、乗り手の数によって体の大きさを変える、という能力があるとされる。 バヤールは、赤毛に黄金の心臓、キツネの知恵を持つとされている。
  • Het Ros Beiaard is een folkloristisch paard van reusachtige afmetingen. Dit paard uit de Ros Beiaard Ommegang diende vaak als inspiratiebron voor kunstenaars. Aan het begin van de Graaf de Smet de Naeyerplaats te Gent staat een indrukwekkend bronzen Ros Beiaard uit 1913, ontworpen door Aloïs De Beule en Domien Ingels. Het diende als pronkstuk in de Gentse wereldtentoonstelling van dat jaar. De ommegang met dit (houten) paard bestaat nog in Dendermonde, Aat en Mechelen. Alle Rossen Beiaard zijn geplaatst op de Werelderfgoedlijst van UNESCO. Deze pagina bespreekt het Ros Beiaardpaard van Dendermonde.
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  • This article is about the magical horse from Medieval and Renaissance poetry. For other uses, see Bayard (disambiguation). For more information on the racehorse, see Bayardo (horse) Bayard ("Bayard" is the French form; in Italian he is known as Baiardo and in Dutch as Beiaard) is a magic bay horse in the legends derived from the chansons de geste, renowned for his spirit, and possessed the supernatural ability to adjust his size to his riders.
  • Bayard est un cheval imaginaire de robe baie, auquel des légendes rattachées aux chansons de geste (particulièrement celle des quatre fils Aymon) attribuent des qualités magiques. Renommé pour son intelligence, il avait le pouvoir surnaturel d’adapter sa taille à ses cavaliers. « Bayard » est la forme française; en italien on le connaît sous le nom de « Baiardo », en wallon, « li tchvå Bayåd », en flamand, « Ros Beiaard ».
  • Baiardo, è nella letteratura medievale, il cavallo baio di Rinaldo.
  • バヤール（Bayard）は「フランスの素材」を扱った武勲詩、叙事詩などに登場する魔法の馬。その不思議な力として有名なものに、乗り手の数によって体の大きさを変える、という能力があるとされる。 バヤールは、赤毛に黄金の心臓、キツネの知恵を持つとされている。
  • Het Ros Beiaard is een folkloristisch paard van reusachtige afmetingen. Dit paard uit de Ros Beiaard Ommegang diende vaak als inspiratiebron voor kunstenaars. Aan het begin van de Graaf de Smet de Naeyerplaats te Gent staat een indrukwekkend bronzen Ros Beiaard uit 1913, ontworpen door Aloïs De Beule en Domien Ingels. Het diende als pronkstuk in de Gentse wereldtentoonstelling van dat jaar. De ommegang met dit (houten) paard bestaat nog in Dendermonde, Aat en Mechelen.
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  • バヤール
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